When boarding and departing the ship flag or commanding officers on official visits should be rendered Which of the following honors?

OFFICIAL VISITS AND CALLS

1234. Definitions.

1. An official visit is a formal visit of courtesy requiring special honors and ceremonies.
2. A call is an informal visit of courtesy requiring so special ceremonies.

1235. Table of honors for official visits of United States officers. Except as modified or dispensed with by these regulations, the honors prescribed in Table 4 shall be rendered by a ship or station on the occasion of the official visits of the United States officers listed therein (ashore, the single gun salute, when prescribed, shall be fired on arrival instead of on departure.

1236. Table of honors for official visits of United States civil officials. Except as modified or dispensed with by these regulations, the honors prescribed in Table 5 shall be rendered by a ship or station on the occasion of the official visits of the following United States civil officials (ashore, the single gun salute, when prescribed, shall be fired on arrival instead of on departure).

1237. Table of honors for official visits of foreign officials and officers. Except as modified or dispensed with by these regulations, the honors prescribed in Table 6 shall be rendered by a ship or station on the occasion of the official visits of the following foreign officials and officers (ashore, the single gun salute, when prescribed, shall be fired on arrival instead of on departure).

1238. Table of precedence of diplomatic and consular representatives. A diplomatic representative in a country to which accredited, and a consular representative in a district to which assigned, takes precedence as set forth in Table 7.

1239. Official visits to the President and to civil officials of the Department of Defense. When the President, the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Navy, and Under Secretary of Defense, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, away from the seat of government, arrives in the vicinity of a naval command, the senior officer present shall, if practicable and appropriate, pay such person an official visit. Such visit ordinarily is not returned.

1240. Official visits and calls among officers of the naval service.

1. An officer assuming command shall, at the first opportunity thereafter, make an official visit to the senior to whom he or she is reporting for duty in command, and to any successor of that senior; except that for shore commands a call shall be made in lieu of such official visit. 
2. Unless dispensed with by the senior, calls shall be made:
   1. By the commander of an arriving unit upon his or her immediate superior in the chain of command if present; and, when circumstances permit, upon the senior officer present.
   2. By an officer in command upon an immediate superior in the chair of command upon the arrival of the latter.
   3. By an officer who has been the senior officer present, upon his or her successor.
   4. By the commander of a unit arriving at a naval base or station upon the commander of such base or station; except that when the former is senior, the latter shall make the call.
   5. By an officer reporting for duty, upon the commanding officer.
3. When arrivals occur after 1600, or on Sunday, or on a holiday, the required calls may be postponed until the next working day. 

1241. Official visits or calls between officers of the naval service and other armed services. When in the vicinity of a command of another armed service of the United States, the senior officer present in the naval service shall arrange with the commander concerned for the exchange of official visits, or calls, as appropriate.

1242. Official visits with United States diplomatic and consular representatives.

1. Upon arrival in a foreign port where United States diplomatic or consular representatives accredited to that foreign government are present, the senior officer present shall, if time and circumstances permit, exchange official visits with both the senior diplomatic representative and the senior consular representative present. When practicable, prior notice of arrival in port, and the probable duration of stay, shall be given to such representatives. A suitable boat shall be furnished them for making official visits.
2. Officers of the naval service shall make the first visit to the chief of a diplomatic mission of or above the rank of chargé d’affaires.
3. In the exchange of visits with consular representatives, officers in the naval service shall make or receive the first official visit in accordance with their relative precedence with the consular representatives concerned, as set forth in the precedence table of this chapter.

1243. Official visits with governors of United States territories, commonwealths and possessions.

1. At the seat of government of a United States territory, commonwealth or possession having a governor general or governor commissioned as such by the President, the senior officer present shall, within 24 hours after arrival or assuming command, make an official visit to the governor general, governor or, in the absence of that official, to the acting governor general or governor.
2. When the senior officer permanently established in command ashore in such territory, commonwealth or possession is not the senior officer present, such officer shall also make an official visit to the governor general or governor as soon as practicable after assuming command.
3. Similar visits shall be made whenever a governor general or governor assumes office.
4. A flag or general officer may expect such visits to be returned in person by the official whom it was made. Other officers may expect such visits to be returned by a suitable representative.
5. The provisions of this article shall apply in the case of an officer of the armed services to commissioned as governor general or governor by the President, regardless of such officer’s naval or military rank.
6. Modifications of the provisions of this article maybe effected upon agreement with the governor general or governor.

1244. Official visits with foreign officials and officers.

1. The senior officer present shall make official visits to foreign officials and officers as custom and courtesy demand.
2. When in doubt as to what foreign officials and officers are to be visited, saluted or otherwise honored, or as to the rank of any official or officer, or whether a gun salute involving a return will be returned, the senior officer present shall send an officer to obtain the required information.
3. When exchanging official visits with a foreign officer who occupies a position comparable to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force or Commandant of the Marine Corps, the rank of the foreign officer shall be considered equivalent to these United States officers and the first official visit shall be made accordingly.
4. The following rules, in which the maritime powers generally have concurred, shall be observed by officers of the naval service, and their observance by foreign officers maybe expected:
   1. The senior officer present shall, upon the arrival of foreign warships, send an officer to call upon the officer in command of the arriving ships to after customary courtesies and exchange information as appropriate, except that in a foreign port such calls shall be made only if the officer in command of the arriving ships is the senior officer present afloat of his or her
      nation. This call will be returned at once.
   2. Within 24 hours after arrival, the senior officer in command of arriving ships shall, if the senior officer present of his or her nation, make an official visit to the senior officer present of each foreign nation who holds and equal or superior grade, and the senior officer present of each foreign nation who holds a junior grade will make an official visit to the senior officer in
      command of the arriving ships within the same time limit.
   3. After the interchange of visits between the senior officer specified above, other flag officers in command and the commanding officers of ships arriving shall exchange official visits, when appropriate, with the flag and commanding officers of ships present. An arriving officer shall make the first visits to officers present who hold equal or superior grades, and shall receive
      the frost visits from others.
   4. It is customary for calls to be exchanged by committees of wardroom officers of the ships of different nations present, in the order in which their respective commanding officers have exchanged visits.
   5. Should another officer become the senior officer present of a nation, he or she shall exchange official visits with foreign senior officers present as prescribed in this article.

1245. Uniform for official visits. Unless otherwise prescribed by the senior concerned:

1. A junior making an official visit shall wear the uniform prescribed in the tables of this chapter opposite the grade of the senior to whom the visit is made. 
2. A senior returning an official visit shall wear the uniform corresponding to that which the junior has worn.
3. An officer receiving an official visit, and all participants in the reception, including the crew if paraded, shall wear the uniform prescribed in the tables of this chapter opposite the grade of the official or officer fi-om whom the visit is received.
4. Boat crews shall wear the uniform corresponding to that worn by the senior officer embarked.

1246. Honors on departure for, or return from, an official visit. An officer leaving or returning to his or her flagship or command upon the occasion of an official visit shall be rendered the honors prescribed for an official visit except that, aboard the officer’s flagship, the uniform of the day normally shall be worn and gun salutes shall not be fired.

1247. Procedure for official visits.

1. The honors prescribed for an official visit shall be rendered on arrival as follows:
   1. When the rail is manned, personnel shall be uniformly spaced at the rail on each weather deck, facing outboard.
   2. “Attention” shall be sounded as the visitor’s boat or vehicle approaches the ship.
   3. If a gun salute is prescribed on arrival, it shall be fired as the visitor approaches and is still clear of the side. The prescribed flag or pennant shall be broken on the visited ship on the first gun and hauled down on the last gun except where prescribed in the Table of Honors for the duration of the visit. Other ships firing a concurrent salute shall, on the last gun, haul down the
      flag or pennant displayed in honor of the visitor. If the ship being visited is moored to a pier in such a position that is not practicable to render the gun salute prior to the arrival on board, the salute shall be rendered, provided local regulations do not forbid gun salutes, after the official has arrived on board and the commanding officer has assured him-or herself that the official and the official party are moved to a position in the ship that is well clear of the saluting battery.
   4. The boat or vehicle shall be piped as it comes alongside.
   5. The visitor shall be piped over the side, and all persons on the quarterdeck shall salute and the guard shall present arms until the termination of the pipe flourishes, music or gun salute, whichever shall be the last rendered. If the gun salute is not prescribed on arrival and a flag or pennant is to be displayed during the visit, it shall be broken at the start of the pipe.
   6. The piping of the side, the ruffles and flourishes, and the music shall be rendered in the order named. In the absence of a band, “To the Colors” shall be sounded by bugle in lieu of the National Anthem, when required.
   7. The visitor, if entitled to 11 guns or more, shall be invited to inspect the guard upon completion of such honors as maybe rendered.
2. The honors prescribed for an official visit shall be rendered on departure as follows:
   1. The rail shall be manned, if required.
   2. “Attention” shall be sounded as the visitor arrives on the quarterdeck.
   3. At the end of leave taking, the guard shall present arms, all persons on the quarterdeck shall salute and the ruffles and flourishes, followed by the music, shall be rendered. As the visitor enters the line of side boys, he or she shall be piped over the side. The salute and present arms shall terminate with the pipe; and, unless a gun salute is to be fired, a flag or pennant displayed in honor of the visitor shall be hauled down. 
   4. The boat or vehicle shall be piped away from the side.
   5. If a gun salute is prescribed on departure, it shall be fired when the visitor is clear of the side and the flag or pennant displayed in honor of the visitor shall be hauled down with the last gun of the salute.
3. The same honors and ceremonies as for an official visit to a ship of the Navy shall be rendered, insofar as practicable and appropriate, on the occasion of an official visit to a naval station except that manning the rail, piping the side, and parading side boys are not considered appropriate. When, in the opinion of the senior officer present, such honors will serve a definite purpose, they be rendered.

1248. Returning official visits and calls.

1. An official visit shall be returned within 24 hours, when practicable.
2. A flag or general officer shall, circumstances permitting, return the official visits of officers in the grade of captain in the Navy or senior thereto, and to officials of corresponding grade. His or her chief of staff maybe sent to return other official visits.
3. Officers other than flag or general officers shall personally return all official visits.
4. Flag and general officers may expect official visits to be returned in person by foreign governors, officers, and other high officials except chiefs of state. Other officers may expect such visits to be returned by suitable representatives.
5. Calls made by juniors upon seniors in the naval service shall be returned as courtesy requires and circumstances permit; calls made by persons not in the naval service shall be returned.

1249. Side honors.

1. On the arrival and departure of civil officials and foreign officers, and of United States officers when so directed by the senior officer present, the side shall be piped and the appropriate number of side boys paraded.
2. Officers appropriate to the occasion shall attend the side on the arrival and departure of officials and officers.

1250. Dispensing with side boys and guard and band.

1. Side boys shall not be paraded on Sunday, or other days between sunset and 0800, or during meal hours of the crew, general drills and evolutions, and periods of regular overhaul, except in honor of civil officials or foreign officers, when they may lbe paraded at anytime during daylight. Side boys shall be paraded only for scheduled visits.
2. Except for official visits and other formal occasions, side boys shall not be paraded in honor of officers of the armed services of the United States, unless otherwise directed by the senior officer present.
3. Side boys shall not be paraded in honor of an officer of the armed services in civilian clothes, unless he or she is at the time acting in an official civil capacity.
4. The side shall be piped when side boys are paraded, but not at other times.
5. The guard and band shall not be paraded in honor of the arrival or departure of an individual at times when side boys in his or her honor are dispensed with except at naval shore installations.

1251. Uniform for members of the Marine Corps. Members of the Marine Corps will wear dress uniform when fill dress is prescribed for naval personnel.

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PASSING HONORS

1227. “Passing honors” and “close aboard” defined. “Passing honors” are those honors, other than gun salutes, rendered on occasions when ships or embarked officials or officers pass, or are passed, close aboard. “Close aboard” shall mean passing within six hundred yards for ships and four hundred yards for boats. These rules shall be interpreted liberally, to ensure that appropriate honors are rendered.

1228. Passing honors between ships.

1. Passing honors, consisting of sounding “Attention” and rendering the hand salute by all persons on view on deck and not in ranks, shall be exchanged between ships of the Navy and between ships of the Navy and the Coast Guard, passing close aboard.
2. In addition, the honors prescribed in Table 2 shall be rendered by a ship of the Navy passing close aboard a ship or naval station displaying the flag of the officials indicated therein and by naval stations, insofar as practicable, when a ship displaying such flag passes close aboard. These honors shall be acknowledged by rendering the same honors in return.

1229. Passing honors to officials and officers embarked in boats.

1. The honors prescribed in Table 3 shall be rendered by a ship of the Navy being passed close aboard by a boat displaying the flag or pennant of the following officials and officers. 
2. Persons on the quarterdeck shall salute when a boat passes close aboard in which a flag officer, a unit commander or a commanding officer is embarked as indicated by a display of a personal flag, command pennant, commission pennant or miniature thereof.

1230. Passing honors to foreign dignitaries and warships.

1. The honors prescribed for the President of the United States shall be rendered by a ship of the Navy being passed close aboard by a ship or boat displaying the flag or standard of a foreign president, sovereign or member of a reigning royal family, except that the foreign national anthem shall be played in lieu of the national anthem of the United States.
2. Passing honors shall be exchanged with foreign warships passed close aboard and shall consist of parading the guard of the day, sounding “Attention,” rendering the salute by all persons in view on deck, and playing the foreign national anthem.

1231. Sequence in rendering passing honors.

1. “Attention” shall be sounded by the junior when the bow of one ship passes the bow or stern of the other, or, if the senior is embarked in a boat, before the boat is abreast, or nearest to abreast, the quarterdeck.
2. The guard, if required, shall present arms, and all persons in view on deck shall salute.
3. The music, if required, shall sound off.
4. “Carry on” shall be sounded when the prescribed honors have been rendered and acknowledged.

1232. Dispensing with passing honors.

1. Passing honors shall not be rendered after sunset or before 0800 except when international courtesy requires.
2. Passing honors shall not be exchanged between ships of the Navy engaged in tactical evolutions outside port.
3. The senior officer present may direct that passing honors be dispensed within whole or in part.
4. Passing honors shall not be rendered by nor required of ships with small bridge areas, such as submarines, particularly when in restricted waters.

1233. Crew at quarters on entering or leaving port.

1. The crew shall be paraded at quarters during daylight on entering or leaving port on occasions of ceremony except when weather or other circumstances make it impracticable or undesirable to do so. Occasions of ceremony include:
   1. visits that are not operational;
   2. at homeport when departing for or returning from a lengthy deployment;
   3. visits to foreign ports not visited recently and
   4. other special occasions so determined by a superior.
2. In lieu of parading the entire crew at quarters, an honor guard maybe paraded in a conspicuous place on weather decks.